FAIRHOPE, Ala. - Award-winning ceramic artist and nationally recognized
instructor Maria Spies has been named the director of the ceramic arts program
at the Eastern Shore Art Center. An independent studio potter since 1973, Spies
has been an instructor at ESAC since 2008, and has taught and managed ceramics
programs in Dallas, Texas; Seattle, Washington; and Chester Springs,
Pennsylvania. Her work is represented in many galleries throughout the country,
as well as in private collections and corporate offices.

Bryant Whelan, newly appointed Executive Director at
ESAC, said she recognized in her first week at the Art Center the value that
Spies brings to its ceramics program. "The students love Maria, and are
inspired and enlightened with new ideas and techniques that Spies shares with
her students. They want to sign up for her classes even before we have them
listed,” said Whelan. "Everyone at the center, from the staff to the Board, as
well as the students, appreciates Maria’s dedication, professionalism and
instinctive leadership qualities,” Whelan said.

Spies said that teaching others through pottery classes
and workshops has been an important and rewarding part of her career. "I find
that in teaching, I continually learn from my students even as I instruct
them,” said Spies.

The Eastern Shore Art Center offers
a variety of ceramics arts classes from wheel-thrown pottery, to hand building
and sculpture. Pinewood Pottery Studios is a full-service facility with
multiple pottery wheels, ceramic kilns and a wood-fired kiln. For information
on classes, visit www.esartcenter.org.

Maria will be set
up at the next First Friday Art Walk, March 2nd @ 6-8pm selling her
wares and answering any of your burning questions!

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